Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Luce Center
Tea caddy
Object Number:
INV.8777.2
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Tinned sheet iron tea caddy, round with impressed scenes of Japanese women dressed in kimonos, one pair carrying objects through a pastoral landscape and another pair preparing a meal in a courtyard, separated by banners with abstract characters based on Japanese writing; lid tightly screwed on, with impressed decoration of abstract motifs repeated around edge; inscription on bottom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
